Instrumentation and Controls Engineer

Join to apply for the Instrumentation and Controls Engineer role at ERCO Worldwide. ERCO Worldwide has operated for over 100 years, focused largely on the production and supply of in‑organic products along with technology for the production of chlorine dioxide. Today ERCO’s major business areas include sodium chlorate, chlor‑alkali products, sodium chlorite, and chlorine dioxide technology. The ERCO business serves a number of key customer segments including pulp and paper, food, energy, agriculture, water treatment, airport de‑icing, fertilizers and specialty chemicals. Job Details Employment Type: Full‑Time, Permanent Location: 5050 Satellite Drive, Mississauga, Ontario Hours: 37.5 hours per week Salary: $110k‑$120k Travel: 30% Responsibilities Project Design Support: Develop and participate in instrumentation design support for projects including preparation of specifications, loop sheets, location drawings, calculations, interlock details, review of Operator’s Manual and procurement process. Ensure that instrument designs conform to ERCO standards. Develop, maintain, and revise ERCO instrument engineering and safety standards to ensure that plant instrument personnel are knowledgeable on latest codes and standards. SIS and DCS Design and Programming: Design and configure SIS and DCS hardware in accordance with industry safety standards including hardware and software selection, control panel and marshalling panel design. Establish data network and communications with various control systems. Configure SCADA, HMI and historian database. Provide SIS and DCS technical support for all plants on a 24x7 basis. Field Commissioning: Lead SIS and DCS commissioning and provide immediate program adjustments to accommodate unexpected design issues. Provide low voltage electrical installation support. Troubleshoot instrument malfunctions or reconfigure instruments to accommodate actual process conditions or unexpected design issues. Supervise complete interlock check prior to chemical commissioning. Customer Interface: Liaise with engineering consultants and external customers to reach agreements on all instrumentation details including vendor and standards to ensure consistency in the design, meet all customer expectations and no rework due to unacceptable equipment selection. Supplier Interface: Keep updated with new developments and maintain knowledge of vendors in the marketplace to assist with qualifying suppliers for use by company and acquire ongoing knowledge of new developments in the marketplace to achieve up to date knowledge of equipment that may be requested by clients and maintain good relationship and knowledge of contacts in the supplier industry. Quality Improvement Teams: Actively participate in quality improvement activities to improve the organization including design improvements, changes to work practices, new product development and manufacturing projects. Target for reduction in costs and time to complete a project, timely and smooth introduction of new products to the plant design and improvements in the manufacturing process. General Administration: Participate and assist in preparing budget estimates for new projects, training, reading related industry materials, meetings, etc. Participation in and support to departments outside of Engineering. Reports, provides update and assistance to department manager in all assigned project activities, administrative tasks. Meeting, training, reading magazines, filing, etc., participation in and support to departments outside of Engineering to achieve continuous improvement of personal skills, consistently aware of corporate activities and policies and support of corporate policies and initiatives. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, electrical engineering, Control Engineering or related discipline required. Professional Engineering License (P.Eng) required. Experience in Chemical or Petro‑Chemical Industries in similar position. 5‑10 years in Chemical and associated industries in instrumentation design, engineering and best practices. Hands on with field instrumentation, Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Safety Interlock Systems (SIS), Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC’s), Analytic Instruments for at least 5 years. Instruments and Controls Design, system integration, DCS, SIS, SCADA, Hardware and Instrument Specifications, Loop Schematics, P&ID Layout, Field & Analytic instrument commissioning. Safety Risk Assessment in chemical industries for at least 8‑10 years. In depth knowledge of Instruments – proper instrument selection based on instrument measuring principals, material and mechanical limitations. Experience in PLC, DCS, SIS programming, field and analytic instrumentation commissioning. TUV Functional Safety or equivalent knowledge on instrumentation design standards, Low Voltage (LV) Electrical installation and commissioning. Inorganic chemistry – sodium chlorate and chlor alkali knowledge. This individual will be reporting to our Senior Manager, Electrical & Instrumentation. The Value You Bring Strong health and safety mindset Strong relationship builder – collaborative, team‑builder Focused and results driven, transparent, and articulate Drives continuous improvement Resilient – can adapt to changing environments/technology Proactive – takes initiative, creative, stays ahead of the curve, enthusiastic, inspirational What you’ll love about us Competitive Benefits: Company Paid Health and Dental Benefits on Day 1 Health Care/Wellness Spending Account Annual Short Term Incentive Bonus Staff Recognition Awards Tuition Reimbursement Employee and Family Assistance Program Paid time off Company Pension Plan Disability Insurance Maternity/paternity/parental leave support with top up option Developmental Opportunity: At ERCO we believe in continuous improvement, not just with our processes, but with our employees too We have an excellent L&D department who create and facilitate training courses for our ERCO University platform on all topics for the development of our people. We also help cover and encourage employees to take courses and attend conferences to further their knowledge and skillsets ERCO Worldwide is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to recruiting, developing and maintaining a diverse workforce in compliance with all applicable Human Rights legislation. We will make every reasonable effort to accommodate for disabilities made known to us by our employees and applicants. If you require accommodation during the recruitment and selection process, please let us know and we will make every reasonable effort to meet your needs. This job opening is for an existing vacancy #J-18808-Ljbffr